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G. M. BURGESS,

FIRE SHOVEL. 1 Patented Jan; 20, 1885 NY PETERS. Phowuclw m hcr. Washmg'ou. D c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES M. BURGESS, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE RUSSELLK? ERWIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

FlRE-SHOVEL.

[:SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,160, dated January 20, 1885.

Application filed September 17', 18-4. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES M. BURGESS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State 7 of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fire-Shovels and Analogous Articles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to furnish a to cheap and simple method ofsecuring fire-shovels, scoops, and analogous articles to their handles by a firm and durable connection.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is aplan view of my shovel. Fig. 2 is a reverse 1 plan view of the same. Fig. 3is a plan view of my shovel with the parts disconnected; and Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section of the handleconnection for my shovel, together with a side elevation of a portion of the han- 2o dle. A designates the shovel-pan,struck up f rom a sheet-metal blank,which is slit at the rounded end,as shown in Figs.2 and 3. B designates the handle-connection, which is preferably made of cast-iron, and which may be extended to any desired length to form the handle proper; or a separate piece may be connected thereto either by casting together or by subsequent insertion-as, for instance, the rod C, which constitutes a portion of the handle-connection. The handle B consists of a cross-head, from which depend three lugs, the central one, a, of which is designed to extend down over the slit in the end of the pan A and upon the inside thereof, as shown in Fig. 1, while the outer lugs, b b, are upon the outside of the pan, as shown in Fig. 2. A little space is left between the lugs at their confronting edges, as shown in Fig. 3, whereby I am enabled to cast these lugs in a two-part flask without coring, and so that they are offset from each other, as shown in Fig. 4, to receive the pan between them. While the lugs a b I) come upon opposite sides of the pan,it should be noticed that by leaving a space between their edges when viewed as in Fig. 3 no part of the lug a is opposite any part of either of the lugs b b, and it is by reason ofthis construction that I am enabled to cast the connection in its finished form in atwo-part flask without coring. The same form of handleconnection will also enable me to forge the same by dropping in dies and without the use of a blade or core between the lugs during any part of the forging process. After slipping the connection and pan together they are firmly secured in proper position by means of a rivet, (1, through each of the lugs and the pan.

1 am aware that a prior patent shows and describes a grain-scoop having a handle-connection consisting of a head and two overlapping lugs or straps for embracing opposite sides of the pan. In one form shown in said patent one of the lugs or straps is divaricated, and the patent also suggests casting a blank for this form in malleable iron, then placing a sheet of metal between the straps, then pressing or hammering to form, and then removing the sheet of metal. Such a handle-con- 7o nection is hereby disclaimed. My connection differs therefrom, because it is necessarily composed of three or more lugs instead of only two, and because its finished form can be given to it wholly by forging in dies or wholly by casting.

I claim as my inventiou The herein-described handle-connection for fire-shovels and analogous pans, consisting of the cross-head, the central lug,a, and the two side lugs, b 1), depending from said cross-head and spaced between their confronting edges, so as not to overlap each other at any part, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

CHARLES M. BURGESS.

lVitnesses:

Tnno. E. SMITH, M. S. W ARD. 

